From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 525 New Record
12月11日中午，2017-2018赛季欧冠联赛1/8决赛抽签仪式在欧足联总部瑞士尼翁进行。

The draw for the 1/8 finals will be conducted according to the principles of first place versus second place in the group stage, teams that have played against each other in the group stage will not meet again, and teams from the same football association will avoid each other.

As the defending champion Real Madrid ranked second in the group stage, it brought a lot of suspense to this draw. No other team that ranked first in the group wanted to encounter a team with the top scorer in football today, Cristiano Ronaldo.

But unfortunately something happened. The two most popular and watched teams in European football met early. Real Madrid faced Paris.

Of course, from another perspective, this is also a result that many fans are looking forward to. When Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco and Ramos meet Neymar, Cavani and Di Maria, the two rounds of knockout matches are bound to increase the ratings by several percentage points.

As for the Premier League teams that had great success in the group stage, some were happy and some were sad in this draw.

Manchester City, which had just been bloodbathed by Manchester United in the Manchester City Derby and was at a low ebb, got a winning team and they will face the Swiss team Basel!
Manchester United also had good luck in drawing the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk, so it is not difficult to advance to the quarterfinals.

Chelsea faced the Europa League king Sevilla, and both sides had chances.

The most difficult situation is Tottenham. In the group stage, they were in the death group with Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. They finally defeated Real Madrid and advanced to the first place in the group. However, they met the Serie A hegemon, last season's Champions League runner-up Juventus. Sri Lanka.

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The draw for the Champions League knockout rounds did not attract long-term attention. After all, the competition will not start until February next year, which is still two months away.

As for Manchester United, they only paid a little attention to the draw results, and then returned their attention to the Premier League.

While major European leagues are entering their winter break, Premier League teams are about to face the most intensive Christmas schedule of the year.

The day after the Champions League knockout draw ceremony ended, on Tuesday, the Premier League ushered in the 17th round.

At 12pm on December 13, Manchester United will face Bournemouth at home.

This is also the last game of this round. In the previous game, Manchester City, which had just suffered a disastrous defeat at the feet of Manchester United at the weekend, spread its depression on Swansea. Swansea was beaten 4:0 by Manchester City at home. , it is really a fire at the city gate that affects the fish in the pond.

Chelsea and Tottenham both won the game, but Liverpool and Arsenal both had goalless draws with their opponents.

Although Bournemouth is only ranked 16th in the standings, this team's defense is good. They only conceded 19 goals in the first rounds. They are also a difficult opponent.

In the cold wind and rain at Old Trafford, Bournemouth set up their bus without hesitation.

Manchester United waited until the 70th minute of the second half. Bruno made a breakthrough from the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball. The ball was fast and urgent. The opponent's center back wanted to intercept it anxiously, but mistakenly blocked the ball into his own goal. Own goals.

Then Harry Kane scored another victory, extending the score to 2:0.

Manchester United increased their winning streak at the start of the season to 17 games and achieved 17 consecutive wins in the Premier League across the season, surpassing Inter Milan's 2013-game winning streak and second only to the 2014-game winning streak in the Bundesliga created by Bayern under Guardiola in the - season. Winning streak in the five major leagues.

After this round of games, Manchester United continues to lead the standings with a 5-point advantage. Although Bruno did not score, he is still far ahead with Premier League goals.

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Over the weekend, in the 18th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged West Brom away.

Both sides have shown their determination to win. Manchester United's goal is the league championship, while the Knickerbockers are also fighting for relegation. Neither side is willing to give in easily.

It was not until the 68th minute of the second half that Bruno received Gundogan's through ball in the penalty area, broke West Brom's goal, and assisted Harry Kane to score a goal in the 89th minute. But at the last moment of the game, West Brom also relied on Barry's goal to regain the game.

In the end, Manchester United narrowly defeated West Brom 2:1 with Bruno's pass and shot.

This victory also brought Manchester United's winning streak in the Premier League to 19 games, tying the winning streak in the five major leagues created by Guardiola and Bayern Munich four years ago.

Not only that, Manchester United scored 18 points in the first 54 rounds, while Manchester City scored 18 points in the first 49 rounds, which also allowed Manchester United to lock in the Premier League half-time championship one round in advance.

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In mid-week, the four League Cup quarter-final matches began one after another, with Manchester United visiting Bristol City.

Many people believe that Manchester United got a top pick in the League Cup quarter-finals. After all, their opponent Bristol City is the only British Championship team in the quarter-finals, and the other seven teams are all from the Premier League.

The game between Manchester United and Bristol City is the last of four games. One day ago, Arsenal defeated West Ham United 1:0 at home, while Leicester City drew 90:1 with Manchester City in 1 minutes. After overtime, the score was still 1:1. In a cruel penalty shootout, Manchester City eliminated Leicester City 4:3 and entered the League Cup semi-finals.

At 12pm on December 20, the match between Manchester United and Bristol City started at Aston Gate Stadium. At this time, Chelsea's home game against Bournemouth had been going on for 15 minutes.

Due to the consecutive double matches in a week, Mourinho conducted a comprehensive rotation of Manchester United's lineup. All 11 players from the weekend away game against West Brom did not enter the starting lineup. Ibrahimovic led the substitute lineup.

In the first half of the game, the goal frame of Aston Gate Stadium came to the rescue twice, blocking the shots of Ibrahimovic and Jesse Lingard. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0.

After the second half started, it was the home team Bristol City that scored the first goal. In the 51st minute, Bryan hit the ball from the left in the penalty area and shot the ball into the far corner of the goal. Bristol City 1:0 Manchester United.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mourinho immediately asked Bruno to get up and warm up.

Since he is about to reach the semi-finals, Mourinho naturally does not want to be eliminated by a British Championship team at this time.

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Just as Bruno was standing on the sidelines, preparing to come on as a substitute, Manchester United got a very good free kick in the frontcourt. Ibrahimovic's free kick hit the goal directly, and the ball went through the wall and into the dead center of the goal, helping Manchester United equalize the score.

Bruno came on as a substitute in the 60th minute of the game. He replaced not the opponent Mata, but defender Blind.

Manchester United changed to 343, and Mourinho was very determined to win the game.

With Bruno's appearance, Manchester United began to take complete control of the situation and launched a fierce offensive towards Bristol City's goal.

After more than ten minutes of tidal offensive, Bristol City's goal was once again breached by Manchester United in the 74th minute of the game. Bruno passed the ball diagonally from the left into the penalty area, and Ibrahimovic inserted a header into the penalty area. He scored twice and helped Manchester United take the lead.

In the 80th minute, Manchester United scored another victory. Bruno got a solo chance and easily got past Bristol City goalkeeper Steele, helping Manchester United extend their lead to two goals. Although Bristol City scored a goal from midfielder Smith during stoppage time, it was too late.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Bristol City 3:2 in an away game and joined Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea who were the first to reach the semi-finals.

These four teams are also the top four teams in the current Premier League standings.

The English media have stated that this year's League Cup semi-finals will be the strongest semi-finals in recent years. This year's League Cup semi-finals are likely to be the highest quality and most exciting matchup in recent years!
In the subsequent League Cup semi-final draw, there was a derby between the two teams in the same city: In this season's League Cup semi-finals, Manchester United will face Manchester City, and Arsenal will face Chelsea.

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12月23日晚上7点45分，英超第19轮一场焦点战在皇权球场鸣哨开战。

This is the last game of this round and the last game of the Premier League before Christmas.

In the previous games, Arsenal drew 3:3 with Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium, while Chelsea drew a goalless draw with Everton in the away game. Thanks to their strong lineup, Manchester City defeated Bournemouth 4-0 at home, while Tottenham, who did not have a League Cup game in midweek, defeated Burnley 3-0 away from home.

Subsequently, the eyes of the world were focused on the King Power Stadium.

When the game reached the seventeenth minute, Manchester United launched a wave of attacks from the left. After Rashford dribbled the ball and cut inside, he suddenly passed the ball to the left baseline. Luke Shaw quickly jumped in and chased all the way to the baseline. He made a strong pass with his left foot and hoisted the ball back to the front of the penalty area.

Leicester City's defensive players were pulled away by Harry Kane, leaving the center of the penalty area empty.

Bruno stopped the ball on his chest at the front of the penalty area. After stopping the ball in the penalty area, he quickly chased after the ball and shot directly at the ball that landed!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLL!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 17th minute, Bruno opened the scoring for Manchester United!"

Bruno was still unsatisfied when he scored in the seventeenth minute. He kept running all over the field, hungry for any chance to score.

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His relentless running and coverage caused immense pain to the players defending him, and he quickly exposed his flaws again.

In the 38th minute, Bruno suddenly appeared on the left. After receiving a pass from Gundogan, he cut inside to the left side of the top area of ​​the arc and hit a curve ball with his right foot. He scored again and staged a Mei Mei performance. Open twice!

All Manchester United players celebrated Bruno's goal crazily and congratulated him on scoring his 29th Premier League goal this season.

He scored 29 goals just halfway through the Premier League schedule. It seems that Bruno will once again rewrite the Premier League single-season scoring record he set last season.

Then in the second half, Bruno played more and more energetically. In the 3th minute, he assisted Harry Kane to score, expanding the score to 0:.

Leicester City saved some face by scoring a goal from Vardy before the end of the game.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Leicester City 3:1 with Bruno's two goals and one assist.

This victory also allowed Manchester United to achieve a complete victory in the first half of the Premier League, thereby rewriting their historical record of 18 wins and 1 loss in the Premier League half set only last season.

This victory also brought Manchester United's winning streak in the Premier League to 20 games, surpassing Bayern Munich's record of 19 consecutive wins and enjoying exclusive honors.

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After this game, the entire world of football was completely detonated!

Who can end Manchester United's winning streak has become the biggest suspense in the Premier League. The Premier League leader has 19 consecutive victories and a goal difference of 67 goals.

Since then, Manchester United has defeated 19 of the 18 teams in the league this season, except for Burnley, which they have not yet encountered. This invincible team has handed over shocking statistics.

After winning all 19 games, Manchester United accumulated 57 points. At the end of the half-time, they were 5 points ahead of Manchester City, which was second in the standings. They were 21 points ahead of Chelsea, who was third in the standings. The points gap with Swansea City, the deputy leader of the league, was 44 points. An amazing points!
The reason why Manchester United has been able to maintain a complete winning record in the Premier League this season is mainly due to the team's impeccable performance on both offense and defense.

Manchester United has scored a crazy 19 goals in 75 league rounds, averaging 3.95 goals per game. It is the most offensive team in Europe.

The team has only conceded 8 goals so far, averaging only 0.42 goals per game. Among the top ten European leagues, only Barcelona (7 goals) and Porto (6 goals) have conceded fewer goals than Manchester United.

However, Barcelona has only played 17 La Liga games, and Porto has only played 15 Portuguese Super League games. The average number of goals conceded per game by the two teams is actually similar to Manchester United.

在这个上半程里，曼联有11场比赛进球数都达到或超过了3球，至今仅2场比赛的丢球数达到了2球，即客场5:2狂胜哈德斯菲尔德，以及主场6:2屠杀曼城的比赛。

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Manchester United is not only unrivaled in the Premier League, but also undefeated in the entire Europe.

In Europe, they defeated Real Madrid in the European Super Cup and achieved an impressive record of 5 wins and 1 draw in the Champions League group stage. In the domestic cup competition, they defeated Chelsea in the Community Shield, and achieved three consecutive victories in the League Cup, reaching the semi-finals of this season's League Cup.

整个2017-2018赛季，曼联已经取得各项赛事30场不败，战绩是29胜1平，唯一的平局则是在欧冠小组赛在罗马奥林匹克球场被罗马3:3逼平。

In terms of players, captain Bruno Fernandez is definitely the team’s biggest contributor. This superstar, who just celebrated his 23rd birthday just three months ago, unfortunately missed out on the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or in 3, but he went completely crazy in the new season. This season, he is in the Premier League. Played 2017 games, scored a crazy 19 goals, and also sent 29 assists.

You know, before this, with such data, he had won the Premier League Golden Boot and the assists title in most seasons.

However, this is only Bruno’s data at the halfway point!
If expanded to all competitions this season, Bruno played 27 games for Manchester United, scoring 37 goals and providing 20 assists.

This is also a statistic that most players cannot achieve throughout the season.

(End of this chapter)